Anybody? Bueller?

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Citizen of the world, former drunkard. Resident Traumatic Brain Injury advocate.

I have the same case, Scicon......but also have an SUV for transport. You may need to leave behind and have someone later call FedX and have it picked up and shipped directly to your address.....but will be very expensive. Unless you can get most of way in the trunk and securely tie down. Or go out and rent a bigger car.

Thanks for the reply.

I've reconciled myself with the fact I'm not going to bring the bike :-(

I'm only going for 10 days, from Canada to Europe, so FedEx is not really an option. I don't drive, so renting a car is not an option. What I might do is shop around for a bike there to leave with my parents. That way I don't have to schlep anything around.

But thanks again.

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Citizen of the world, former drunkard. Resident Traumatic Brain Injury advocate.

Can you leave your bike case at the airport? We stored our bike cases for a few weeks at the Milan airport and over night in Frankfurt. The fee is pretty nominal. Something like 5 euros a day maybe. On arrival you could put the bike together and store the case and it should be much easier to fit just the bike into your car.

Good luck.

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Kevin

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Not a bad idea, but at that point I'd be looking at
$200 airfare for the case
$100 rental of the case
$50 storage of the case

If I do that 3 times I've basically paid for a beater bike over there (I know, I know. I could buy a case and the math changes. Same difference though).

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Citizen of the world, former drunkard. Resident Traumatic Brain Injury advocate.

Can't you fold the back seat? That's what I do and then slide the case in through the trunk. Some cars have split back seat. You can fold one and still have room for three people in the car.

For a bike case, you'll almost always need a car with folding seats (most work... get a hatchback if you want to be 100% sure) or a large vehicle like SUV or pickup.

I know bike cases don't fit in large taxis. Crown Vic for example. Need to take a van from/to the airport. They can't fold the seats because well you'll be sitting back there.

For the future get yourself a Ruster a sports Hen House. Love mine and it fits just about anywhere.